Re: Call for testing!

[Ludovic Courtès]

宋文武 <address@hidden> skribis:

> Hi!  I test this install image using qemu by:
>
>   qemu-system-x86-64 -enable-kvm -m 512 -hda guixsd-usb-install* -hdb
> disk.img
>
> Follow the manual to setup encryted root, using the desktop.scm
> template, but
> at the final step, it failed with:
>
>   Path '/mnt/boot/grub' is not readable by GRUB on boot.
>   Installation is impossible. Aborting.
>
>   (can be reproduced by `grub-install /dev/sdb --boot-directory
> /mnt/boot')
>
> After search, it seems that an un-encrypted boot partition is needed:
>
>   
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dm-crypt/Encrypting_an_entire_system#Preparing_the_boot_partition
>
> So, I run fdisk to add a boot partiotion, finally install finished!
>
> But it can't boot, I have to mount the encrypted root in Grub's cmdline:
>
>   insmod cryptodisk
>   insmod luks
>   cryptomount hd0,msdos2

Bah, that got insufficient testing, so we’ll have to back up on this.  I
thought from http://bugs.gnu.org/19190 that we were done, but we’re not.

I’ve reverted recommendations of an encrypted root in the manual.  A bit
of a shame, but we’ll fix it soonish.

Thanks for the report!

Ludo’.